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I wanted to do a slightly different take on Ao Oni, the concept being if it were something on display in the house that seemed harmless but always made you uncomfortable and your instincts were actually right the whole time

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when I drew this comic 3 years ago I had NO idea how far it would reach. I'm happy to finally share a corrected version with proper abbreviations, and even MORE state names of indigenous origin ♥️

however, the goal of this comic was to inspire people to do your OWN research on indigenous history. To question everything we have been taught, and everything that has been pointedly left out. This erasure, this “forgetting”, of history is not just of the past… it is happening now. - Across so-called Canada, the US, and US-occupied islands, native women are victims of murder at 10-12x the rate of non-native people, and are the most likely to go missing without being searched for by the law. - Native reservations have the highest rates of poverty in the US, with over HALF of tribal homes with no access to clean water (with more joining this list by the year) - Native people are 6-10x more likely to be unhoused than the rest of the population, and native teens suffer suicide rates higher than any other demographic. This list of modern day genocide goes on (thank you for compiling @theindigenousanarchist <3) and yet take a look at those environmental stats!

Native people manage to do SO much for the planet as a whole - thanklessly - and with all this stacked against them. Don't even get me started on kin fighting in south america. Could you imagine if there was help? #landback is resistance to genocide, and it is the key to saving our warming earth.

So look into it and the other hashtags, cuz a cartoon goose ain't a substitute for a proper education. Love to my grandparents who always kept a map of tribal territories of turtle island on their wall, to speaking on our Tsalagi & Saponi heritage. Love & solidarity forever, happy research, and happy #indigenouspeoplesday

LANDBACK.ORG

(Also, if you care to support the artist, I'm publishing a book ! and writing another - a fantastical afroindigenous graphic novel - that I post exclusively about with tons of other art on my patreon.)

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well haha yeas my fictional other Sara Taylor yes haha

this piece saved me from art block btw

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my interpretation of Maki's reveal as an Oni in Ao Oni

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I feel like the sprites in SRUAI are a bit inaccurate to how TheDragon really looks, so I did my own take—not to say it's better, of course, but where I would've changed certain things

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request doodles from my friends

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the line about monsters being scientifically impossible always stuck with me

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Max Design Pro Fortnite Bundle Concept

- Max the Monkey skin (w/ Pajamas and Twiddlefinger style)

- Nugget backbling (w/ Cowboy Hat style)

- "Max's Bed Bug Bat" pickaxe

- "Monkey-Cycle" glider

EDIT: Meant to mention, Nugget sings Cotton Eyed Joe when you get a Victory Royale and says, "WHAT!? HELP ME!" when you get downed. Saw someone say he should dance when you get a down, so maybe he does a small dance per kill but actually does the whole dance when you win

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Mother Apollonia

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Step Right Up Adventure Isle discussion led me to discover Aka Manto, a really cool game. you should look at it (or watch CoryxKenshin play it) smile

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Maximilian

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hehe she's me

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This month I've been working on a visual novel I plan on releasing before September! Here's a screencap or two.

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twiddled finger

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Teuthida expression sheet

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lacey wip I will NEVER finish